yeah for me I don't like Kobe for the whole snitching thing with shaq and I believe he even told on karl malone
also he should've retired 5 years ago and how he turned the lakers into a landfill of a place where no one with sense wants to play
always came off as one of the more selfish players but eh...
I think the biggest problem I have with him in general is he shoulda been in prison for what he did in Colorado. That case basically was basically the epitome of victim-blaming defense and became the justification for shield laws for victims. That girl got destroyed by the media. Had he been disliked by the public (like Tyson had been), he'd have been doing some hard time.
Just off the top of my head, and based on how I've seen them act during games and in interviews (which is how I also base not particularly caring for Kobe, etc.): Durant, Magic, Gretzky, Zo, Griffey Jr, Ovechkin, Brett Hull, Dame Lillard, David Robinson, Harden, D-Wade, David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez, Drew Doughty, Olajuwon, Clayton Kershaw, PK Subban, Roberto Luongo, Jeff Gordon...
Now, my favorite baseball player of all time is Nomar Garciaparra, who some people (mainly Dan Shaughnessy, a columnist for the Boston Globe) said was a jerk, but other than him being miserable when he was injured in '04 (after the Sox screwed him out of his cotract extension AND botched a trade attempt for A-Rod), he always seemed like a good teammate and seemed to enjoy playing the game.
I think that's the biggest thing to me about pro athletes; I want to get the sense that they actually enjoy being paid millions of dollars to play a game. Sure I like seeing them show competitive spirit and appreciate the will to win, but when it turns into simply being a constant singular drive to prove you're better than other people at what you do, it creeps me out just as it would by anyone in any other profession. Amd I wouldn't ever claim that Kobe and the others I don't like aren't great athletes, or that I don't appreciate their talent & abilities. I just don't like 'em.
